Juta Online publications
1066 days ago
Juta Online publications includes: South African Law Reports, Statutes, Journals and other commentary publications to meet the requirements of a diverse range of legal information users.
Subject Coverage ranges from administrative, civil procedure, commercial, constitutional, criminal, intellectual property, international, labour, mining, revenue and shipping law, etc
The trial expires on the 9th of September 2010.
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The Library has upgraded the e-Journals portal to a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of resources.
1066 days ago
The Library has upgraded the e-Journals portal to a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of resources.
The Research Resources complete search interface includes a Database Title List (e-Journals and databases) and a search function within a subject collection. Each feature is dynamically generated to present the most accurate reflection of Library e- holdings. The A-to-Z e-Journal Title List includes journal titles, andcoverage dates, and linksdirectly to the journal (whenever available).
You may use your staff / student number and normal network password to login to the service.
New Library e-Resources Service
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THE JOY OF LETTERPRESS - HAPPY 100th !
1069 days ago
THE JOY OF LETTERPRESS - HAPPY 100th !
The ninety-one prints of the international Vandercook Centenary Print Bundle are on display in the warm and beautiful foyer of the William Cullen Library, together with some printers' equipment. The prints display astonishing ingenuity and originality. Three are proudly South African. Sign the visitors' book and receive a letterpress keepsake!
The exhibition runs from Monday 12 July till Friday 23 July 2010. For more information, please visit Letterpress.co.za/news/vandercook
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Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive
1084 days ago
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Sabinet is proud to announce the launch of our Retrospective Government Gazette Archive.
Sabinet has received many requests from clients to develop a product to supply access to Gazettes older than 1994. As a result we have developed our Retrospective Government Gazette Archive which gives fast and easy access to the full text of Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993.
Says Rosalind Hattingh, Managing Director of Sabinet: "Manually searching for gazetted information, especially older information, to support claims, cases and arguments can be tedious and frustrating, not to mention costly in terms of man hours and delays. Sabinet thus dedicated a project team to scan and process Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993, making them available online to subscribers."
Subscribers to Sabinet's Retrospective Government Gazette Archive will be able to easily search for the information they need, using an efficient Google-like search interface. An automatic ranking process ensure that the document searched for is likely to be displayed in the first few results of the search. And with faceted browsing, which enables finding the required document even when there is a large amount of uncertainty, searching is made easier.
What does this service offer?
A quality service
Immediate full text access to Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993, including all Government Gazettes from 1948 to 1993 as well as most of the Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1947. Although there are some isolated Government Gazettes from the earlier years not yet available on the system, the team are working non-stop to add these documents to ensure an excellent product.
- Clients are alerted on the system about the progress made with adding the mentioned Gazettes on the system.
- More enrichment (metadata) is continuously being added to the documents to add more value to this service.
A product you can trust
- Sabinet is South Africa`s first supplier of online Gazettes and has been in the online information industry for more than 27 years.
Easy searching
- This product offers very efficient Google-like searches with quick response times.
- An automatic ranking process ensures that your document will most likely be displayed on top or within the first few results.
- Faceted browsing makes it even easier for you to find your required document.
Saving storage space and cost
- More than 22 000 Government Gazettes are currently available via this product. Storage for the paper copies of these Gazettes can be a big expense and takes up a lot of space.
Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive trials
Trial database OECD iLibrary
1094 days ago
The trial database OECD iLibrary can be accessed via the URL: www.oecdilibrary.org. The trial will run for 3 months until 12 September. Below please find information about the product:
OECD iLibrary is the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data. Access is available for titles published from January 1998 onwards.
Content:
The OECD iLibrary includes the following:
OECD iLibrary Books, Papers and Statistics
o 500 journal Issues
o 2500 Working Papers
o 5000 ebooks
o 22 statistical databases
Trial database OECD iLibrary
LIBRARY CLOSURE: PUBLIC HOLIDAY
1100 days ago
WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2010
All Libraries will be closed on Youth Day, Wednesday 16 June 2010.
Public Holiday
Self Checkout at the Architecture Library, East Campus
1108 days ago
Similar to other experiences in Libraries across the globe, users were initially reluctant to use the self service machine to take out books from the Wartenweiler Library. After a year, the machine was moved to the Architecture Library in February 2010. At this new location, library staff members embarked on an intensive training programme to familiarize users with the self checkout procedures. The statistics increased from the previous 444 per annum at Wartenweiler Library to more than 3 800 items at Architecture Library for the period February to mid- May 2010.
The reasons for the successful implementation at the Architecture Library were:
(i) Unlike Wartenweiler Library, the Architecture Library works with a closely knit user community which made it possible to extend training to many of them on an ongoing basis, and
(ii) Training covered not only operating the self checkout machine but also the creation and use of the Library PIN used to identify all users of the Library system.
Without the PIN, users cannot optimally access Library resources nor can they use the self checkout system. The success story at the Architecture Library will be used to inform future technology interventions in the Library. As Louis Armstrong said: "One small step for man. A huge step for mankind!"
Janie
Self Checkout Architecture Library
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